Syngnathoidea
Syngnathoidea is a superfamily of the pipefish order Syngnathiformes. It is divided into two families, the speciose pipefish Syngnathidae, which includes the sea horses and monotypic Solenostomidae, the ghost pipefishes, which has just five species. The superfamily occurs worldwide in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, especially in coastal waters around rock and coral reefs and among sea weed and sea grass beds. However, there are also pelagic species of pipefish and even freshwater species. In total the superfamily comprises in excess of 50 genera and nearly 300 species.[2]
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| Syngnathus taenionotus | |
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| Hippocampus hippocampus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Superfamily: | Syngnathoidea Peitsch, 1978[1] |
Classification
The superfamily Syngnathoidea contains the following families and subfamilies:[3][2][4]
- Superfamily Syngnathoidea
- Family Solenostomidae Nardo, 1843 (ghost pipefishes)
- Family Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 (pipefishes and seahorses)
- Subfamily Syngnathinae Bonaparte, 1831 (pipefishes)
- Subfamily Hippocampinae Bonaparte, 1835 (sea horses and pygmy pipefishes)
References
- "Superfamily Syngnathoidea Pietsch 1978 (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- "Taxon: Superfamily Syngnathoidea (fish)". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
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